For completeness, the "classical" approach to find all subs in a source file is ctags .

I can't test at the moment, but I suppose after all these years it's well tested by now.

But please keep in mind that this (like PPI) does static parsing (and Only Perl can parse Perl).

Approaches like B::Xref do compile the code (i.e. let Perl parse Perl) before inspecting it. *

See for instance How to find all the available functions in a file or methods in a module? for a list of edge cases where static parsing fails. ²

Again just for completeness, from your description I suppose that static parsing is sufficient for you, but maybe you should be aware of the limitations.

HTH! :)

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
Je suis Charlie!

*) with the drawback that compiling can already have the side effects of running code, while static parsing is "safe".

²) or Re^3: Perl not BNF-able?? with some limitations listed by adamk, who is PPI's author.

In reply to Re: Searching for duplication in legacy code (ctags and static parsing) by LanX
in thread Searching for duplication in legacy code by yulivee07

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